Coats for Big Kids!

Politicians have a sense of entitlement that knows no bounds!

Tell ya why after you read this!

By The Canadian Press

Someone lifted Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis's winter coat at a Conservative party fundraiser in Montreal last year.

(The jacket and an umbrella cost $740.68, after taxes and a $150 discount so the minister was understandably irked when the coat went missing.)

He ordered an aide to call the Tory riding association that hosted the cocktail to see if they would spring for the cost of a new coat, or at least part of it. But the Bourassa riding association refused.

Another call to construction boss and party planner Paul Sauve lasted mere seconds. He wasn't paying either.


Paradis says that's not how they do things in his rural Quebec riding. "If something like that had happened in my own riding, I would have been so embarrassed that I would have made sure that the minister was reimbursed," he said Tuesday. "That's the sort of pride that you see in our riding. I had to tell the association, 'well, you know, my coat was stolen........!'"

Paradis had to pay for a replacement himself.
(Sob!)

Listen folks, whenever I go to a restaurant or other public place there is a sign by the coat check that says "Not responsible for lost or stolen items!"

Does Christian Paradis think this doesn't apply to him because he's a big shot Minister in the government?

(Plus, with the money he makes, he should be paying for it himself!)

Your 'frugal' scribe;

Allan W Janssen